Beverly Sills, one of this century's greatest coloratura soprano opera singers
and chair of the board of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, will deliver the
Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Lecture on Friday, June 7, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Bailey
Hall Auditorium.
Her lecture is titled "The Future of the Arts in a Downsized World."
A limited number of tickets for Sills' lecture will be available at class headquarters at the start of Reunion Weekend.
Sills has performed in all of the world's leading opera houses and recorded 18 full-length operas as well as several solo recital discs. Her honors include the Edison Award for Best Operatic Album of the Year, a Grammy Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 1980, she was named general director of the New York City Opera and presided over the city's Opera Board in 1989-90.
She currently serves on the boards of several artistic and corporate organizations, including the Metropolitan Opera Association and American Express. She also is the national chair of the March of Dimes Foundation.